Miles Malleson

May 24, 1888 - Mar 15, 1969 (80 years old) in Croydon, Surrey, England

William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the hypochondriac and fee-hungry local doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as Nell Gwyn (1934) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also translated and adapted several of Molière's plays (The Misanthrope, which he titled The Slave of Truth, Tartuffe and The Imaginary Invalid).

Known For

Television Playhouse

Uncle Simon

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Albertus

The 39 Steps

Palladium Manager (uncredited)

The Buccaneers

Josiah Parkerhouse

I'm All Right Jack

Windrush Snr.

Heavens Above!

Bishop Rockeby

Peeping Tom

Elderly Gentleman Customer

The Man in the White Suit

The Tailor

The Brides of Dracula

Dr. Tobler

Gideon's Day

The Judge

Credits

You Must Be Joking 1965

Salesman

★ 5.6
Victoria Regina 1964

Conyngham

★ NR
Murder Ahoy 1964

Bishop

★ 7
First Men in the Moon 1964

Dymchurch Registrar

★ 6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1964

Quince

★ NR
A Jolly Bad Fellow 1964

Dr. Woolley

★ 5.5
Heavens Above! 1963

Bishop Rockeby

★ 6.3
The Brain 1962

Dr. Miller

★ 5.6
The Phantom of the Opera 1962

2nd Cabby

★ 6.4
Go to Blazes 1962

Salesman

★ 6.3
Postman's Knock 1962

Psychiatrist

★ 4.3
The Bing Crosby Show 1961

Self

★ 2
Double Bunk 1961

Rev. Thomas

★ 5.7
The Hellfire Club 1961

Judge

★ 5.2
Fury at Smugglers' Bay 1961

Duke of Avon

★ 5
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England 1960

Assistant Curator

★ 6.1
Peeping Tom 1960

Elderly Gentleman Customer

★ 7.4
The Brides of Dracula 1960

Dr. Tobler

★ 6.7
Kidnapped 1960

Mr. Rankeillor

★ 6.4
And the Same to You 1960

Bishop

★ 5.6
I'm All Right Jack 1959

Windrush Snr.

★ 6.7
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959

Bishop Frankland

★ 6.8
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 1959

Resident Advisor Davidson

★ 5.9
The Captain's Table 1959

Canon Swingler

★ 5.8
Bachelor of Hearts 1958

Dr. Butson

★ 5.6
Behind the Mask 1958

Sir Oswald Pettiford

★ 6
Dracula 1958

Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Gideon's Day 1958

The Judge

★ 6.4
Happy Is the Bride 1958

1st Magistrate

★ 6.2
Barnacle Bill 1957

Angler

★ 6.4
The Naked Truth 1957

Rev. Bastable

★ 6.5
Campbell's Kingdom 1957

(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)

★ 5.6
The Admirable Crichton 1957

★ 6.8
Brothers in Law 1957

Kendall Grimes Q.C.

★ 7.1
Three Men in a Boat 1956

2nd Old Gentleman

★ 6.3
Dry Rot 1956

Country Gentleman

★ 7.1
The Silken Affair 1956

Mr. Blucher

★ 1
The Buccaneers 1956

Josiah Parkerhouse

★ 5.5
The Man Who Never Was 1956

Scientist

★ 7
Private's Progress 1956

Mr. Windrush Sr.

★ 6.6
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955

Albertus

★ 6.1
Television Playhouse 1955

Uncle Simon

★ NR
Geordie 1955

Lord Paunceton

★ 6.8
King's Rhapsody 1955

Jules

★ 3
The Captain's Paradise 1953

Lawrence St. James

★ 5.5
Folly to Be Wise 1952

Dr. Hector McAdam

★ 6.7
Venetian Bird 1952

Grespi

★ 5.9
Trent's Last Case 1952

Burton Cupples

★ 5.4
The Importance of Being Earnest 1952

Canon Chasuble

★ 7.2
Treasure Hunt 1952

Mr. Walsh

★ 5.4
The Happy Family 1952

Mr. Thwaites

★ 7.2
The Woman's Angle 1952

A. Secrett

★ NR
The Magic Box 1952

Orchestra Conductor

★ 6.3
Scrooge 1951

Old Joe

★ 7.4
The Man in the White Suit 1951

The Tailor

★ 6.9
Stage Fright 1950

Mr. Fortesque

★ 6.8
Golden Salamander 1950

Douvet

★ 5.9
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949

The Hangman

★ 7.7
The Perfect Woman 1949

Prof. Ernest Belman

★ 6
Cardboard Cavalier 1949

Judge Gorebucket

★ 5.7
The Queen of Spades 1949

Tchybukin

★ 6.5
Train of Events 1949

Johnson, the Timekeeper

★ 6.2
Woman Hater 1948

Vicar

★ 7
Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948

Lord of Misrule

★ 6.1
Bond Street 1948

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Idol of Paris 1948

Offenbach

★ 7
While the Sun Shines 1947

Horton

★ NR
Land of Promise 1946

Mr. Know-All

★ NR
Journey Together 1945

(uncredited)

★ 6.4
Dead of Night 1945

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

★ 7.2
The Demi-Paradise 1943

Theatre Cashier

★ 6.3
The Gentle Sex 1943

Tran Guard

★ 7
Thunder Rock 1942

Chairman of Directors

★ 6.1
Unpublished Story 1942

Farmfield

★ 6.3
They Flew Alone 1942

Vacuum Salesman

★ 6
Major Barbara 1941

Morrison

★ 6.7
For Freedom 1940

Minor Role

★ NR
The Thief of Bagdad 1940

Sultan

★ 7.1
Q Planes 1939

Minor Role

★ 5.9
Sixty Glorious Years 1938

Wounded Soldier

★ 6
Victoria the Great 1937

Sir James

★ 5.3
Knight Without Armour 1937

Drunken Red Commissar

★ 5.6
Action for Slander 1937

Minor Role

★ NR
Tudor Rose 1936

Jane's Father

★ 8.1
Rhodes of Africa 1936

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 6
Peg of Old Drury 1935

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Lazybones 1935

Pessimist

★ 6.3
Vintage Wine 1935

Henri Popinot

★ 5.7
The 39 Steps 1935

Palladium Manager (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Nell Gwyn 1934

Chiffinch

★ 6.6
The Queen's Affair 1934

The Chancellor

★ NR
Summer Lightning 1933

Beach

★ NR
Perfect Understanding 1933

Announcer

★ 6.1
Money Means Nothing 1932

Doorman

★ NR
The Love Contract 1932

Peters

★ NR
Love on Wheels 1932

Academy of Music Porter

★ NR
The Mayor's Nest 1932

Clerk

★ NR
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case 1932

Thaddeus Sholto

★ 4.5
Frail Women 1932

Registrar

★ 4.7
The Blue Danube 1932

★ NR
A Night in Montmartre 1931

Minor Role

★ 5
City of Song 1931

Theater Watchman

★ NR
Children of Chance 1930

★ NR
Night Birds 1930

Minor Role

★ 2
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery 1925

★ NR
The Headmaster 1921

Palliser Grantley

★ NR

Miles Malleson

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